[G5] User Access

[Larry Helms]

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Show's who IS and who HAS logged on... Since last system reboot.

> From: Allan Hise <allan at hise.org>
> Reply-To: "A place to discuss Apple's G5 computers."
> <g5 at listserver.themacintoshguy.com>
> Date: Wed, 4 May 2005 22:21:09 -0700 (PDT)
> To: "A place to discuss Apple's G5 computers."
> <g5 at listserver.themacintoshguy.com>
> Subject: Re: [G5] User Access
> 
> 
> 
> On Wed, 4 May 2005, David DelMonte wrote:
> 
>> In OS/9 there was a way to see who was connected to your computer. Is
>> there an OS/X equivalent?
>> 
>> (Not thinking clearly due to allergies and age and colour of hair).
>> 
> 
> In ther terminal, the "w" command will tell you who has an active shell on
> your computer (you will see an entry for every open terminal window, plus
> one for the console, which is the 1st user to log into the GUI). Anyone
> that connects via SSH should show up here. As a bonus, you can see the
> last shell command typed (which would be "w" for you!)
> 
> I don't know of a way to see who is connecting via FTP or file sharing
> services, but I am sure there is a way...
> 
> Example ouput from "w"
> 
> 7:15  up 2 days, 10:12, 3 users, load averages: 0.28 0.26 0.23
> USER     TTY      FROM              LOGIN@  IDLE WHAT
> allan    console  -                Mon21   2days -
> allan    p1       -                Mon21       - w
> allan    p2       -                Mon21       - ssh xxxxxxxxxxxx.org
> 
> 
> (you guessed it),
> Allan
> 
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